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Republican leaders entered 2009 concerned that their party would, in the context of an immigration debate, allow itself to be defined by voices who would alienate Hispanic voters; some strategists have discussed the need for other Republicans to publicly rebuke those figures, and to signal that Hispanics are more than welcome in the party.

The Sotomayor nomination is providing an unexpected early test of how willing GOP leaders are to attack fellow partisans on behalf of their Hispanic constituents, and Senator John Cornyn appears pretty willing:

"I think it's terrible. This is not the kind of tone that any of us want to set when it comes to performing our constitutional responsibilities of advice and consent," Cornyn told NPR's "All Things Considered" of the attack on Sotomayor as "racist."

"Neither one of these men are elected Republican officials," he said of Gingrich and Limbaugh. "I just don't think it's appropriate and I certainly don't endorse it. I think it's wrong."

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It is regretable that the Democrats don't treat all Hispanics so well. Recall their despicable treatment of Miguel Estrada.
The Democrats hotly contested this; however, internal memos to Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin mention liberal interest groups' desire to keep Estrada off the court because his Latino heritage made him "especially dangerous" as a potential future Supreme Court nominee.

But now an elected GOP Senator, Tancredo, says she is a "Latino KKK". Now maybe Cornyn and others can rebuke one of their own "elected" leaders? I am watching with great joy as the Republican Party implodes. Our nation is so much better off without these right wing, religious fanatics in charge. We need a third party, one without a religious affliation and where the leaders have to take an IQ test.

Cornyn and the GOP sell out to the Mexicans again. What's new? The only people speaking the truth are those outside the current GOP power structure like Limbaugh. I don't give too much credit to Newt since he's just playing political games as usual.

I am proud of my white heritage. Am I still allowed to say that in Obama's post racial America? The Democrat party does everything to divide and categorize people by race, gender and sexual preference. Why not treat people as Americans and judge people by their character and qualifications not the color of their skin.

No one would have said anything about Sotomayor being a racist if the language she used didn't invite the questions. If the way she talks and the way she interprets the law sends up alarms, whose wrong. Those who responds to the signals Sotomayor is sending or those who turns their heads because they want to appeal to the Hispanics. I bet Gingrich and Limbaugh sleeps good at night. I don't know about the others who were intimidated by President Obama threats to the critics of Sotomayor to be very careful.

Hitman--If they didn't find that, they would have found something. Make no mistake. This is a smear campaign against Sotomayor. And the GOP will keep using these scare tactics so as long as there are enough people in the party that will fall for it. If they didn't find this quote to conveniently reinterpret in the most unbecoming way possible, they would have found another.

The first person to stand up to Cheney, Limbaugh, Hannity, or Tancredo...and say shut up you big fat***, you are a disease to this country...I will vote for them. Which means I'll still be voting for Democrats for quite some time.

Until one of these members of the GOP goes on Rush's or Beck's TV shows, or until they go on one of the Sunday news shows and faces Gingrich face-to-face and tells these scumbags that they are wrong and don't represent the GOP, then they will never seriously be taken as opposing the Newt/Rush/Cheney/Beck/Hannity hate machine. A comment to NPR is one thing, but to go on Meet the Press and tell Cheney to his face he's full of crap and bad for the party, then Cornyn and the rest might as well shut up and deal with their inevitable end.

satans army can now be seen loud and clear...anyone who joins or defend these works of evil also will answer for it..for what we join ourselves to we share and feed into their crime...sell your soul your most valuable treasure to these men? Mere mortal men who cannot even save themselves....God have mercy ion their souls.......................understand what Jesus said.."Let the dead bury the dead"....we are looking at the living dead...how true ..how true..

Its only racist if Republicans oppose Hispanics. When democrats do, it is smart politics. Didn't Obama vote against Miguel Estrada's nomination to the appeals court? No double standard here, of course not.

Obama and his wife are racists.MLK was a racist as is Jesse Jackson. Most of Obama's followers are racists. What is the problem? White people are afraid of being labeled as racists. My answer is: What's the alternative? Have all of your rights taken away out of fear. Not me, I'm fighting back starting right now.

Nice of Poolittticoo to give cave man Cornyn such credit, when all he "attacked" was the "tone" of the things said. Not the idea. Not the person who said any specific remark. The GOP is a party of two groups: bigots, and people who quietly accept those bigots for their own political gain. I don't know which group Cornyn is in, but he is not in a third group.

I'm concerned about the comments she made and the decision she handed down. She basically said a latino woman would make better judgments than a white man. That's a pretty offensive and racial statement don't you think?
She also ruled that 18 firefighters could not be promoted when they passed a test because there weren't enough minorities who passed the test in the group. That is reverse discrimination, pure and simple. What ever happened to hiring the most qualified person for the job?
I'm quite concerned that this is part of the "change" Obama talked about; defending racial quotas and getting back at the "white man" for all of his past sins. This woman has made it clear she would not be an impartial Supreme Court justice. In fairness to all Americans, that should disqualify her from consideration to the highest court in the land.

Obama is laying a political trap. If the R's start screaming 'racist', it will turn hispanics against them. Unless someone finds out that Sotomayor has been a tax cheat or hired an illegal alien housekeeper, we can't touch her. And I'm not even sure about the illegal alien housekeeper thing anymore. It ruined the confirmation of a couple of Clinton nominees, but that was eons ago.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Dems pick 3 More Senate seats for a grand total of 63 in 2010 and Obama gets reelected in 2012 with %90 Hispanic Supprt, largest for any candidate in history.
THANK YOU GOP FOR CALLING SOTOMAYOR A RACIST !!!

I am shocked that Cornyn has decided to go up against Boss Lardbaugh. I'm sure it has everything to do with his Hispanic constituency. However, I must commend him for it. On the other hand, Kansas GOP Senator Pat Roberts is standing firmly against Sotomayor, but he hasn't defined his reason well enough for his people back home. Perhaps he should listen to his friend Mr. Cornyn.

Mikeman @ 7:30: Estrada withdrew his name after several cloture votes failed to end a filibuster... in September of 2003. Obama did not arrive in the Senate until 2004.
Facts are inconvenient things....

Isn't it interesting that Obama ordered the Justice Dept to drop the prosecution of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense who obstructed whites from voting in November 2008 in Philadelphia?

Could you imagine President Bush ordering the Justice Dept to drop a prosecution of violation of Voting Rights Act if the KKK blocked blacks from voting in Philadelphia?

One of the defendants, Jerry Jackson, is an elected member of Philadelphia's 14th Ward Democratic Committee and was a credentialed poll watcher for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party when the violations occurred

Irrespective of her flawed rulings on discrimination, the simple fact is Sotomayor's rulings were overturned 83% of the time by the Supreme Court. If 83% of rulings challenged are overturned, Why on Earth would anyone want to promote that person to the very level of understanding law that she is repeatedly proven to be Wrong?_And if anyone thinks Sotomayor ruled correctly in the New Haven case, you're kidding yourselves. If the 10 white fireman that were denied promotion because they're white, were black. You better believe the 10 black guys would've felt discriminated against, and they would've been right.

So was Hispanic Mr Estrada. I don't remember Cornyn running into his defense against vicious Democrat attacks. But then again Estrada was not "a Latino woman with richness of her experience (whatever that means)" and of course he was not liberal. I am sick and tired of these hacks like Hatch, Collins, Snowe, Powell, Grahamnesty and Cornyn. They are cowards. Puppets of the DNC and drive by media. Don't they know that nobody believes the drive-bys these days??????

rjr - Unfortunately you have no idea what you're talking about, at least with regard to your comments on the Ricci case. The fact is that her ruling in the Ricci case was the the judicially conservative one. To rule for the white firefighters would have amounted to judicial activism.
I think it's very important that members of both parties understand the difference between judicial and political conservativism, especially at this time. Judicial conservativism is really about being deferential to the legislature (whether it be a Democratic or Republican legislature). In the Ricci case, the city of New Haven was attempting to comply with a law passed by the CT Legislature. The Second Circuit basically decided that it was not going to penalize New Haven for attempting to comply with the law. To do otherwise would have required the court do decide that the law is inadequate, which would be, by any measure, a policy determination. And if I've learned anything about Republicans in the last few days, it's that they don't want judges that make policy determinations.

Tom Genin - Clearly you have a limited understanding of our judicial system. To your first point - Out of all Sotomayor's rulings, only 5 have gone to the Supreme Court. Even if only 3 had been overturned, we'd be looking at a 60% reversal rate (which I'm sure you'd believe was evidence of her inadequacy). You know what the average reversal rate for a Circuit Judge is? It's about 75%. So Sotomayor is pretty much on average.
To your second point - I made an earlier post about the Ricci case. I'm not in a position to argue whether the ruling was "right" or not because I haven't read the pleadings or the opinion. But I can tell you that her ruling was the conservative one. Again, you need to recognize that there's a difference between political and judicial conservativism. The Second Circuit did pretty much what Appellate Courts are supposed to do in that situation. It deferred to the legislature and left it up to the Supreme Court to adjudicate the merits of the law at issue.

I confess to forgetting the specifics of the Estrada nomination, but could someone post a link to where a Democrat called Estrada a racist? Cornyn certainly doesn't appear to be saying that everyone must vote in favor of Sotomayor; he is saying that calling someone a racist is inappropriate.

I think it's laughable that so many bring up Estrada's nomination and subsequent rejection as some sort of model when stating that Sotomayor is getting preferential treatment. What these folks are neglecting to mention was the important fact of WHY Estrada was rejected. It was simply because he refused to answer so many questions during his nomination hearings.
Talk about selective memories! We've yet to see whether Sotomayor will be more forthcoming than Estrada, but at the very least let's not engage in fantasy land arguments.

Newt and The Junky have done what no men before them have been able to do...make John Cornyn look moderate and reasonable. Could the Senator's civility have anything to do with Texas' large Hispanic vote?

"Post By: GC from Virginia | May 29, 2009 at 09:09 AM Unfortunately you have no idea what you're talking about"
GC ---Unfortunately you have no idea what you're talking about. New Haven didn't not promote the White Firefighters because of some "attempt to comply with the law" as You said, New Haven stated, in court, that they didn't promote the white firefighters because the were "Afraid" of lawsuits, and "Afraid" of the way it would "look." ....Everybody keep in mind that the New Haven Mayor is a "safe haven" advocate for illegal aliens, promoting city ID cards for illegals, stopping raids, etc....Also keep in mind that the test for the firefighters was created by an outside firm designed to promote diversity, the testing panels were multi-racial in their makeup with only ONE white person on each panel. The Fact is, as someone who lives in the New Haven Area and followed this case for years, is that the promoting process was entirely designed to be a affirmative action result, but the best qualified, most knowledgable firefighters ended up being white. ....
And the reason Sotomayor affirmed that it wasn't discrimination wasn't because of any fictitious "law" that you mention, but since New Haven didn't promote Anybody, it wasn't discrimination....So if I advertise that I'm going to promote the top 5 employees after a test, and the top 5 employees end up being Black, And I then don't hire Anybody...You're nuts if they're not feeling discriminated against, and if that would happen in any business, they'd be right.

He's right. The Republicans are already viewed as NO-birds. No solutions, no willingness to admit minorities, no spokespeople except Limbaugh and Gringrich (both of whom make their way by attacking, not suggesting solutions). So what do they do? They oppose everything. No! NO! NO!!

"GC from Virginia" Clearly you have a limited understanding of our judicial system"
GC - Clearly you have a limited understanding of our judicial system-Judicial Activism is Not ruling one way or another on a case, Judicial Activism is ordering Policy from the bench.
For example. Whether she ruled for, or against the firefighters in this case is Not Activism.
Activism is when the Judge would Order the City of New Haven How to hire or promote firefighters. That's ACTIVISM. That's a Judge creating policy instead of ruling on the individual case brought before them. Get an understanding on a definition before you ramble on. Plus, your 75% quote is crap.

Nice try my friend. The law at question is Title VII , which forbids employers from using tests that have "a racially discriminatory effect." CT has similar Civil Rights legislation on the books as well. New Haven's move was essentially a defensive one - it was afraid that promoting the firefighters would amount to running afoul of Title VII. Sotomayor and the Second Circuit decided not to penalize the city for trying to stay within the limits of the law. The point is - your problem with the Ricci case should not be with Sotomayor's ruling, but with the law itself. I think you and I both agree that it's not the job of Appellate Courts to adjudicate the constitutionality of Federal statutes (that's for the Supreme Court). Doing so would be judicial (activism by any definition). And, for the record, I'm a trained and practicing federal appeals attorney. Please don't try to lecture me on the meaning of "judicial activism" or any related matter. I would note, however, that we still have the same definition. You're just missing the point.

I live in Austin. Cornyn represents my state. I listened to his interview on NPR. I'm a Democrat who asks where are the good, substantial, practical Republicans? The concerns he raised in the interview were reasonable. Keep it up Sen. Cornyn and I'll point to you as one of the good, substantial, practical Republicans we so need.

I live in Texas, currently in Austin and previously in San Antonio. I urge everyone to not be fooled by Cornyn's comment. Altough I agree with it, I 100% assure you he is thinking this in his head and agreeing with it, just not saying it publicly. He is a 100% partisan, nasty jerk. He represents some of the worst of the party. I totally agree with the previous poster about pandering to his state's hispanic voters on this, but believe me, he is no friend to them or anyone other than pure, unrelenting, dyed in the wool, conservative gop idiot.

Those stupid firefighters got what they deserved. They were members of a liberal union in a liberal state. When they voted for Chris Dodd, Barack Obama and all the down-ballot Democrats what did they THINK was going to happen? Or did they think at all? This is the logical results of their own actions so everybody should stop sniveling. Sonia Sockmonster will make a great Stalinist Supreme Court Justice! As far as Senator Cornhole's groveling at the altar of political correctness, what else is new? The Republiclowns are only marginally less stupid than the Dummycraps these days. Its too late to stop the total collapse that the moronic policies that these dopes have been happy to institute at the request of the greedy and stupid electorate and its time for the whole over-indebted, obese, ignorant nation of mouth-breathing American Idol watchers to be flushed down the crapper of history just like the former Soviet Union.

Jamie, are you just taking a break to post comments while Boss Limbaugh is on commercial break or something? If you want racist comments, just give him a few minutes, he'll blurt it out as he does so often. And, this may be very hard for you, do some research. Ugh, I know Republicans hate to do that because it hurts. You can find video of Alito's comments of bias to his heritage during his confirmation hearing. You can find video of the 1st Bush's comments about his nominee having "empathy" (I know, a dirty word for your party). You can find video of McConnell calling for respectful debate and then up or down votes back when they were in charge and trying to get their nominee in. You can find video from just the other day of Tom Tancredo calling Sotomayor on CNN a latino KKK member ....verbatim. There was another village idiot of your party saying her name was too hard to pronounce and we shouldn't adapt to pronouncing it that way and she should adapt, and his last name was Krikorian. No joke.

Cornyn is a snake at heart. While he is doing the right thing for a change with Sotomayor, let us remember that he is fighting his hardest to deny the state of Minnesota their representation in the senate by fighting to keep the winner of the election - Al Franken - from being confirmed.

Remember that leopards dont change their spots, and zebras cant change their stripes.

"Mindless Toads", what? Sotomayor is a racist and a bigot, and a disgrace to the judiciary whom are supposed to be color blind. If this woman is confirmed (and probably will be) it is more proof that we really need term limits for congress. This "thugocracy" needs to be replaced as much as possible in 2010.

The more that people like Boss Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Joe (Samuel) the Plumber(not really, no licence), Tom Tancredo, Newt Gingrich, and the whole lot of them keep talking and opening their mouths, the better off the Democratic party will be. They continue to lose moderate, they continue to lose independents, they continue to lose every single group of minority you can think of. They will very soon be the party of male only racists only nitwits....or M.O.R.O.N. for short, party.

Obama is pure genius! He picks excellent ripened grapes, the Republicans create massive amounts of WHINE.
Obama plays 3-D chess, while they continue to play checkers. JUST ANOTHER DAY OF CONSERVATIVE WHITES WHINING. Frankly, they might want to pace themselves. 8 years is a long time and Obama said himself, "You ain't seen nothin yet"!

The idea of minorities and affirmative action is racist. Celebrating the first "black" president is racist! Saying a latino woman can do a better (or worse) job than an white guy IS RACIST!!!! Use your brains for something other than growing hair and storing THC!!! The Democrats play minorities against the Republicans....that is RACIST. Republicans don't cater to minorities...it didn't get them elected this year, but they are closer to anti-racism than Democrats. If we truely want to get rid of racism, we must treat all races THE SAME!

This is a classic PINCER move by Obama. The forces are mobilized for a direct frontal attack on Republicans, but are awaiting the results of massive destruction and demoralization on their flanks. Once the supply route is severed (Limbaugh/Hannity/Gingrich), let the steamrolling begin. This is no different than surrounding the Republican party in simply a siege move and waiting for them to fire all insignificant rhetoric they have before starving and not having anything else to spew.
CLASSIC GENIUS!

LOL...Cornyn does the right thing by calling off the conservative attack dogs and attempting to have a dignified discussion on Sotomayor's nomination and the liberals still mock him. He said it's wrong to call her a racist and called out Limbaugh. What the heck do you people want?

I agree with Cornyn that the 'racist' line is over the top.
It's not racist to acknowlege that people from different backgrounds have different life experiences, nor is it racist to suggest that a person's life experiences play into their perceptions.
And besides, Sotomayor, while unquestionably a liberal (like any Obama nominee will be) has in the past supported things like the Bush administration's position on the 'Mexico City rule' (specifically backing the right of the President to make a decision based on his ideology, no hint of whether she agreed with him or not) and also the right of the town of White Plains to display religious symbols in a park.
What this means is not that Sotomayor is really a conservative, but that she isn't 100% liberal. Therefore conservatives would be best served by letting her nomination go though because there are justices who are far more liberal out there.

"Posted By: GC from Virginia | Nice try my friend. The law at question is Title VII , which forbids employers from using tests that have "a racially discriminatory effect.""..
Nice try my friend, but the City of New Haven did not claim in it's defense that there was error in the creation, or implementation of the test that would have violated Title VII. The city cited "fear" of being sued not because of the fairness of the test, but because of the outcome.....
The New Haven Fire Department went to ?extraordinary? lengths to put together a fair, race-neutral exam for aspiring lieutenants and captains. The city hired a professional testing firm, consulted with minority firefighters and officers, and undertook a ?painstaking? analysis to make sure that questions measured actual knowledge and skills necessary for the supervisory jobs. Questioning panels has diverse minority mix with no more the 1 White person on any panel.
The fact that there was no racial bias in the test, which would be a violation under Title VII, is the heart of the case.
Being "afraid" of the outcome because of race, is discrimination at worse, quotas at best. Citing Title VII violations was the wrong law and the wrong outcome.

Senator John Cornyn, since when is it a crime for people in this country to voice their opinion on a person being considered for the S/C. If we look at history and the way the Democrats racked Republican nominees over the coals and in some cases destroyed their careers, so where were you. You along with the rest in the GOP need to stand up and have some BALLS to start telling the truth and stand your ground for once.

As a white female, I feel I am better qualified to make legal decisions, due to the experiences I have had, than a black female. Actually, better than a Latina, too. Come to think of it, I believe I am better qualified to make legal decisions than a Native American.
Does that sound racist to you? I believe you will see that Sotomayor said the identical words, just substituing in her own race and gender. She was also a member of a Puerto Rican group that upheld throwing out test results because some minority groups did not pass. Tests are designed to discriminate, plain and simple. By definition, a test weeds out those with ability from those who lack ability. This lack of ability could be due to all sorts of things. The Constitution does not guarantee EQUAL OUTCOMES, and no test can guarantee equal outcomes, either.
Yes, Sotomayor appears to be a racist, and she may also have a gambling problem. Oh, and she is a former chain smoker.
Don't you think Obama can do better than that?????

I again find the majority if the posts that aren't commenting on the original blog, to be irrelevant and distasteful. John Cornyn is looking at these attacks agaisnt Judge Sotomayor and concluding that the only purpose that they serve is continuing alienation of multiple different groups, all of whom are quickly deserting the GOP. I find it interesting that the Rush supporters that continue to attack Sotomayor for Racism, are exhibiting much more racism than her comment could ever exhibit. I know it's tough for all of these racist bigots to stomach both a Black President and now a Latino Supreme Court Justice within four months, but this reality folks. The days of racial and gender exclusion are going to end in most of the country (although they will continue to live on for some addtional time in the deep South) because the majority of the populace has decided that racism should end. Was Sotomayor's comment racist, probably, but one needs to look at the totality of her views before branding her a racist. The correct and apprpriate time for that is duirng the Senate Confirmation hearings, and the Republican and Democratic Senators of the Judiciary committee should respectfully, but forcefully question her on her statements and what her views currently are. I would find a total retraction on her part of the statement to not be believable, but an explanation that clarifies her views and expands on how they will affect her court deliberations would give insight as to the kind of Justice that she would make. As for John Cornyn, whether he does or doesn't believe in what he is saying doesn't matter, he is right in his comments. Newt Gingrich is the poster child for why the Founding Fathers invested the Senate and not the House with the responsibilty to give "advise and consent" to Federal Judicial appointments. They knew back than that Representatives elected every two years couldn't be trusted with such awesome responsibilties because they would always vote for partisan self interest. Back when the Constitution was written, there was no such thing as the direct election of Senators in order to have a check and balance on the House. The fact that now, we do elect Senators in direct elections works because they have soix year terms and therefore aren't running for re-election constantly. Cornyn has determined that in order for the GOP to survive and be relavant, at least in the Senate, they need to get more Republicans elected, and racial politics, while it might play to the GOP Base and the South, will only cause more losses in other areas of the country, with GOP numbers shrinking to irrelevance. His comments about Gingrich and Limbaugh are spot on and more of his GOP colleagues should take them to hart.

The problem with the republican arguments against Judge Sotomayor is that anything she said that you idiots claim is controversial, your right wing SCOTS gawds have already said it.

Empathy - GHWB on Clarence Thomas; Cornyn on Alito; Alito on Alito. Judge Sotomayor need only repeat verbatim what these people said if asked at her confirmation hearing.

Taking her ethnicity and gender into account on decisions (although she mentioned it to say that she would check it at the door) - See Alito at his confirmation hearing on this. Judge Sotomayor need only repeat verbatim what Alito said if asked at her confirmation hearing.

She's a member of LaRaza - So was Gonzo & BTW, Bush and Rove looooved,loved, loved speaking to them at their conventions. Ah, the republicans will be too chicken sh!t to make this an issue at her confirmation hearing.

Appeals Courts make policy - See Scalia saying the exact same thing. Judge Sotomayor need only repeat verbatim what he said if asked at her confirmation hearing.

You right wing loons have got nothing. So, you might as well give up the fight, because you're going to lose this one. And, the way your racist attacks are going, I suspect the Hispanic community will remember this come election time and hopefully you'll continue to lose a lot more!

To Thomas from Austin, Tx. You might as well come from San Francisco as Austin. It's just another liberal bastion of the mind numbed leftist big campuses in this nation. Thank goodness they are an island surrounded by sanity in Texas.

Waaaaaah!!!! Obama keeps drinking our milkshakes and won't give it baaaaaaaaaaack!!! Honestly speaking, do you realize what the end result will be despite the rantings, ravings and racist accusations? SHE WILL BE CONFIRMED. You cynical conservatives should save your energy for the next 3 SCOTUS picks that Obama will have over the next 7 1/2 years. By the time Obama's POTUS terms are up, America would have evolved to a never to return to ignorance in leadership again. ONCE YOU GO BLACK, errrrrr BI-RACIAL, YOU NEVER GO "BACK" wards. I think white women termed that phrase so that might make them racist. Check the racist matrix.

If Republicans fear recrimination if they speak out against, we may as well become a one party state. The concern about Sotomayor is NOT her race, but her racist views.
If we are afraid of losing the Hispanic vote because of this, we never had them to begin with. We can certainly raise ourselves above the fray to make this point -- Justice is blind!

Posted By: Daezy | May 29, 2009 at 01:32 PM....Perhaps if your party was as self righteous about the racist remarks that come from some members of your own party, your whine would have a little more credibility.

Guess I forgot the racist remarks made at Samual Alito, Miguel Estrada, and Alberto Gonzales -- the loudest coming from the Kennedy who left a young woman to die at the bottom of the Chappaquiddick. I'll keep that in mind.

Daezy, I think more people have died from 9/11 and its aftermath from an incompetent administration that hasn't fully answered alot of seriuos questions regarding that, which that should be of more importance than an accident at Chappaquiddick. And just so you know, there are racists in both parties but only one seems to be making them at the moment.
Sid, you can trash Austin all you want, as long as you keep your ignorant stupid behind out of it so we never have to see someone like you here. That would be just fine. You can have the rest of the state, become your own country, and sink into oblivion. Just don't come whining for money and assistance when Rick "closeted" Perry keeps screwing up your third world.
Regarding everyone else with your "Sotomayor is racist" comments. Even if she was, which I don't believe for a minute, what about all of the racists in our government right now. If you threw out all of the racists in power, we wouldn't have anyone to run this country. Keeping a court with nothing but white males does us no good.

I have just about had it with the republican party. What a bunch of wimps. The reason people are leaving the republican party is because they're not conservative enough, not because they need to moderate like democrats. Please, you people in the media are really disgraceful.

Seriously, folks, what has happened to the Republican Party? The U.S. needs some kind of rational opposition to every administration, but the voices who currently are being most heard in the GOP--and I include the entire Fox politco-entertainment network in this category--are an embarrassment and are destroying the party. It took NPR to broadcast a moderate GOP voice about the Sotomayor nomination. I know there are other voices in the GOP--perhaps John McCain et al.--who had better get busy recapturing the party from its own destruction. Limpbog and Hannity and their co-ilk are holding their true believers, but almost no others. The Dems must be very pleased for Fox and Limpbog et al. to take over in a putsch.

Cornbiker....you're calling a latino woman racist, and defending white racism...and your name is Cornbiker. Seriously. I think you have the wrong website. You need to go to foxnews.com; you're confused.

Cornbiker....you're calling a latino woman racist, and defending white racism...and your name is Cornbiker. Seriously. I think you have the wrong website. You need to go to foxnews.com; you're confused.

Cornbiker....you're calling a latino woman racist, and defending white racism...and your name is Cornbiker. Seriously. I think you have the wrong website. You need to go to foxnews.com; you're confused.

What do you suppose the liberals' reaction would be if a conservative nominee said the following:
"I would hope that a wise white male with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina woman who hasn't lived that life."
Sotomayor *is* racist.

Look, the GOP is imploding and self-destructing. It's not pretty and especially when they start to bleed out all over the carpet. They have allowed their lowest to besmirch their highest. Cheney/Limbaugh/Beck/Gingrich...all of them are degradation products of what was once a proud and valid counterbalance to liberals. No more.

I think it's time for reasonable people to call this out as what it is: a hate crime against a qualified Latina who threatens to end the free pass white men have gotten since the beginning of this country. There is no valid criticism of Judge Sotomayor and the Republicans know it. In a country made up of decent people, she would be unanimously approved and the real racists on the court would step down.

Daezy, what a great name you have. Just right for you. I did not bring up Chappaquid-dick the first time. One of your GOP buddies did in trying to defend his Alito and pals statements. I have not liberal guilt. I think both parties have issues, which is what you lame brains don't want to accept. You are just annoyed that your party looks so bad at the moment and has people representing their party that's going to make them more of a minority.

And Conservatives defend Boss Limbaugh. Conservatives defend Fox News as a legimate fair and balanced network. Conservatives defend their belived right to make everyone a christian. Conservatives defend torture. Conservatives are worse than Marxists.

From the posts I just read the posers that think we are going in the right direction need to stop voting and making comments. BO has run up the debt in 3 months what took 200 years. And no, it was not Repubs that caused it. They both did it. BO has placed GOV in the financial arena and now I have heard any publicly traded CO. By that, they want to dictate salary caps. Only those that envy achievers think that is a good idea. N. Korea is thumbing its nose at us because they know BO is only a talker. He himself has said so. Iran is following suite. Israel will be placed in the position of attacking Iran because BO will dictate to Israel, stop settling the West Bank or the US will not stop Iran from developing the bomb. What a leader. Watch and see. Bo will not have to deal with Iran and possibly make him look bad. He has Israel to do it. Manipulating Ahole. BO is growing the welfare state again. Keep the do nothings happy and were we want them, voting DEM. We'll pay our way into office. The achievers will pay for that one. Taxes, well, if you have an argument in favor of that one you're an idiot.
All of you that want someone to take care of you, keep you in-line, tell you how to live and keep everyone that has done better than you throttled back, move to a country that already does that. Leave this one alone.

One more thing. Pelosi, Reed and the rest of them are killing the culture of a once great country my grand father and father fought for. THEY ALL NEED TO GO. I'm not left or right. I am for freedom of choice, small GOV interference and believe that a law that was created should be enforced. Quite simple, but I'm sure would be argued by a pinhead. The same pinhead that will respond negatively to this post. One of the very very few I have ever written.

Mr./Ms./It "Sick of all of you"...
You start off by asking people to stop voting, I take it so only people who think like you can. Then you go right into a BO tirade after saying he's only been in office 3 months. Ok, how long was Bush in office. Was the economy good before he took over? Was it good when he left? Of the 8 years in office, who controlled the entire branch of government for 6 of the 8 years? You don't like gov in control? They wouldn't have to if greedy CEO's didn't screw us up so bad. You talk about N. Korea thumbing their nose and Iran. Well, why didn't anything happen to them during the last 8 years? Hmm? Any answers? Does it really take just 3 months to build a bomb? Wow. Taxes. There's a good one. Ok, let's all stop paying one dime. Then lets see how long before roads go out, bridges break down, things get fixed, buildings burn down. Let's keep the debt up there and just not do anything, right? I suppose if Bush was still there, in 3 months we'd have no debt. You talk about all the comments you've read ....well, yours is absolutely the most moronic of all.

Mr./Ms./It "Sick of all of you"...
You start off by asking people to stop voting, I take it so only people who think like you can. Then you go right into a BO tirade after saying he's only been in office 3 months. Ok, how long was Bush in office. Was the economy good before he took over? Was it good when he left? Of the 8 years in office, who controlled the entire branch of government for 6 of the 8 years? You don't like gov in control? They wouldn't have to if greedy CEO's didn't screw us up so bad. You talk about N. Korea thumbing their nose and Iran. Well, why didn't anything happen to them during the last 8 years? Hmm? Any answers? Does it really take just 3 months to build a bomb? Wow. Taxes. There's a good one. Ok, let's all stop paying one dime. Then lets see how long before roads go out, bridges break down, things get fixed, buildings burn down. Let's keep the debt up there and just not do anything, right? I suppose if Bush was still there, in 3 months we'd have no debt. You talk about all the comments you've read ....well, yours is absolutely the most moronic of all.

Mr./Ms./It "Sick of all of you"...
You start off by asking people to stop voting, I take it so only people who think like you can. Then you go right into a BO tirade after saying he's only been in office 3 months. Ok, how long was Bush in office. Was the economy good before he took over? Was it good when he left? Of the 8 years in office, who controlled the entire branch of government for 6 of the 8 years? You don't like gov in control? They wouldn't have to if greedy CEO's didn't screw us up so bad. You talk about N. Korea thumbing their nose and Iran. Well, why didn't anything happen to them during the last 8 years? Hmm? Any answers? Does it really take just 3 months to build a bomb? Wow. Taxes. There's a good one. Ok, let's all stop paying one dime. Then lets see how long before roads go out, bridges break down, things get fixed, buildings burn down. Let's keep the debt up there and just not do anything, right? I suppose if Bush was still there, in 3 months we'd have no debt. You talk about all the comments you've read ....well, yours is absolutely the most moronic of all.

Obama had no choice. 28 years of conservative mismanagement have done damage that you can't undo in a few short months. But that's not what this topic is about. It's about the completely braindead right making racist attacks against a qualified nominee against whom there is no valid criticism.
Racist speech is hate speech. And your hate speech against this nominee endangers our very republic because you will use it against every minority who might siphon some power away from the white male elite.
I can't wait to see you guys foam at the mouth when a qualified gay is nominated.

Hey, sick, if you're so much into freedom of choice how come you deny a woman her CONSTITUTIONAL right to choose?
This is about the racist attacks on Judge Sotomayor, who, considering the attraction of Republicantism to white males, is easily five times more qualified than anyone Dumbya nominated. Too bad we can recall those idiots.

60% of her decisions were over-turned...SIXTY PERCENT, only 4 out of 10 were not. In any school that is a failing record. That's worst than a grade of "F" It doesn't matter if she is black, yellow purple or green, not being qualified is not being qualified.

I could care less which political party anyone out there affiliates themselves with. What I think people really need to do is educate themselves. And NOT solely from the corrupt self-serving main stream media. Challenge yourself to seek the truth. Try to find out what's REALLY going on out there from different credible sources about any variety of issues that concern all of us everyday Americans. It's still OUR country last time I checked. United we stand. Divided we fall. Sadly, it looks like dividing us all is working pretty well.

Hey "sick of all of you", it's Pinhead here. The one you said would respond to you. Interesting how you say you're not left or right but all of your "issues" and "complaints" don't seem to mention anything bad from the right side of the isle. Nothing at all from the last eight years or even the last week. Hmm. Just wondering.

Hey "brent". Since you are so good about researching (and I use that term lightly) facts about Sotomayor's overturn rate. Try looking up Alito's. Find out how many, the percentages, everything. Let me know what you find pal. Actually, look up all of the supremes, or for that matter, the best answer yet, what is the average for any of the judges in her position?

I thought that Matt from Texas would respond.
Ask to stop voting, not remove that option. You're still out there.
Bush 8 years of which 7 were financially strong.
Freddy and Fanny started this and was grown from the Carter administration. Have to allow folks that can't pay loans back the ability to buy homes. Renting is an option for a reason.
N. Korea didn't test fire a nuke. At least that is what some have theorized. Have not heard if the tests have come back of what yield it might have been.
Iran was saber rattling, but were not this close to nukes. I agree that talk is cheap. Something should have been done before now, but REPUB or DEMS would have said some negative crap against the other if something was done with force.
Taxes. I neglected to point out the increase of. Thought the readers would be sharp enough to get that one. Go back to school. Don't have enough time or effort to explain it to you. Increased taxes do not pay down debt.
As for Bush, couldn't run a third time. I hear that said a lot. It's a bad argument.

Why is Sotomayor even bothering responding to Republicans? I find it quite interesting when us white males are offended that a latina believes she is more knowlegeable about menstrual cramps in latina women than a white male. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Whats there to be offended about? are white GOP males now competing for superior competency in being latina females? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Does Rush Limbaugh or Newt Gingrich want to be a better latina female than Sotomayor? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The effects of her so-called "white male comments" is exactly analogous to my comment above. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope Judge Sotomayor withdraws her apology suggesting she made a poor choice of words, otherwise if Republicans acknowledge that apology, they would have turned out to become the most whiny, pathetic and hypocritical pc practitioners ever.

Why is Sotomayor even bothering responding to Republicans? I find it quite interesting when us white males are offended that a latina believes she is more knowlegeable about menstrual cramps in latina women than a white male. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Whats there to be offended about? are white GOP males now competing for superior competency in being latina females? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Does Rush Limbaugh or Newt Gingrich want to be a better latina female than Sotomayor? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The effects of her so-called "white male comments" is exactly analogous to my comment above. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I hope Judge Sotomayor withdraws her apology suggesting she made a poor choice of words, otherwise if Republicans acknowledge that apology, they would have turned out to become the most whiny, pathetic and hypocritical pc practitioners ever.

This is one of the reasons I have abandoned all hope for the GOP. They are absolutely incapable of demonstrating any spine and don't seem to have one conservative conviction they are willing to support.
Enough is enough. I have left the GOP for an actual conservative party. I'd rather lose with my principles than watch the GOP sell out at EVERY turn.

To MattTX and Latka
So, Bush made poor selections because they were not qualified or were stupid, or black, or were white or what ever...and we suffered for it.
Obama comes along and does the same thing and were supposed to say "that's good because Obaman is doing it"!!!
This is a GOOD THING???
Can't we select judges that ruling along the lines of the constitution?? No wait, that's bad too because white men wrote it...

I am a white man. I can make better decisions than a black man, because I am white.........
Is the above statement racist? If so, Cornyn is wrong. If not, Cornyn is correct. It's really not any more difficult than that.

Well this certainly will be a test for the GOP.Other than that its funny to know that those few right wing idiots are bring the whole GOP down while the rest are trying to make a comeback. I wonder if they will ever learn their lesson.

All you dems are hypocrites! Obamamessiah snookered the lot of you with his rubbish of being "post-racial". Only drones educated in the university indoctrination camps believed that drivel. Sotomajor is a racist (proven by her membership in LaRasa) and is a bigot (proven by her own words). As is the case with all of you dems, symbolism over substance is the rule. Many lib lawyers who have worked for/with her are saying off the record (in fear of losing their careers) say she is an intellectual midget, which is true also of all you dems. Enjoy the moment because people are awaking to the fact they got taken for a ride by Obamessiah and that their livlihood will be much worse off due to his marxist claptrap. You dems are in trouble; there is a Tsunami coming in 2010 and 2012 and you are all without a boat!

Ugly is as ugly does, and Sotomayor and Cornyn both qualify.
Cornyn once again goes for the populist tack instead of the principled position.
Sotomayor has shown by her judgements and by her speeches that she does not believe in "equal treatment under the law" as required by the constitution.
If a white guy said that only white guys can make good judgements based on their life experiences, they whole world would explode in indignation - Sotomayor says that a Latina's life experience uniquely qualifies her to make good judgements and we're supposed to applaud?
And then there's the real racist judgement - refusing to even hear the case of the CT firemen who were denied promotion.
You want racists, look at the way Dems divide our great melting pot into so many categories of "victims". Also look at the racist epithets they hurled at Clarence Thomas - ah, but he was a conservative, so he deserved it!
The GOP is in trouble because only a very few of those in Congress have principles and walk the walk.
When they understand that, they'll start winning.

So, if a Republican nominee had said "I would hope that a wise white man, with the richness of his experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a latina woman who hasn't lived that life," would you call him racist? Leftist would probably sh*t themselves.

The idea that this woman is NOT a RACIST and is qualified for SCOTUS is absurd! If she made this kind of comment she would be disqualified from a jury pool.
Leftists continue to say exactly what they think and believe and they continue to get a pass on it.
If a white guy had said anything remotely similar he would have been run out of town. In fact, the leftists have run out several "conservative" judicial appointments who never said like this simply because they weren't "black enough" or "latino enough."
If leftists didn't have double standards they would have no standards at all.

To totally ignore the CLEARLY racist statement Sotomayor said, but to hyperventilate over Trent Lott's innocuous quip, is the definition of the left's "tolerance." They expect their "issues" to be tolerated, but they are the least tolerant people you will ever encounter.
People, this country is in serious peril. We have a President who, by all accounts, cares nothing about the country over which he took the reins; likewise, he is the one who is going to do everything in his power to change it before losing his grip in 2010. Unfortunately, he may have enough time to do irreversible damage in that amount of time.........So, my advice to the idiotic left: You're witnessing Black Liberation Theology in action. If you don't think the minority(ies) will have the majority "picking cotton" (given the opportunity), you're worse off than we thought...........

You stupid democrats make me sik!!! Don't you know we go through all of this EVERY time the administrations change party's!! How soon you all forget that the Democrats screamed and cried when Bush appointed a judge - African-American nominee to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. All they did was cry and cry saying she too was racist and that she was not right for the job because she was right-winged!! Democrats are just Democrats!!! you people are the true poison to this country! And the truth of the sotomayor case is the fact that she DIDN'T allow 19 HARD WORKING FIREFIGHTERS a promotion because there weren't any minorities whom had passed the freaking exams!! That means that the men and women whom were most qualified were denied the deserved promotions because the Judge (Sotomayor) IS RACIST!!!! ITS SO CLEARLY SO, HOW CAN YOU DENY THIS!!!! And as for Cornyn!!! I ashamed I ever voted for him!! He is a total sell out because he is using a political safety net to ensure the hispanic votes!!! That is just pathetic!!! ALMOST AS PATHETIC AS YOU WEAK, DISEASED, DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!

I find it incredibly amusing that Rush, Newt, Beck and the others get under the liberals skin so easily. I cannot believe if you criticize someone based on their credentials, you are deemed racist. Sotomayor's comments were racist and her view on the Constitution is not appropriate. How can she say that gun rights do not belong to an individual? Our founding fathers must be extremely disappointed with the road we are on. I would excited to have a Latina in the Supreme Court-but I would want it to be someone who understood the Constitution and upheld it! I don't want someone with empathy. I would also like to stop the stereotype that the GOP is racist and full of rich old guys. The Bush Administration has had the most diverse cabinet ever-more so than any other.

Every one of you repub's that quote the line about "being a hispanic woman she would make better judgement" know that was in regards to a "discrimination" lawsuit, do you f#$*tards know what that is? That is a case about discrimination, now let's put on you thinking cap's and take off you dunce caps for the first time ever.Can you read? Are you really going to say this b.s. out of context and call that racist? You are less than stupid, you are artfully ignorant. Don't sit here and say she is racist when you know that is a lie, you KNOW it is a lie, and all this "poor white men" crap make me sick, yeah you guys are so discriminated against, you idiots make anyone with an IQ over 90 wanna puke.

Any racism or other form of bigotry by whomever it is exhibited is appalling. Whether ethnicity, race, gender, age or political party, saying who and what one is and of what value and that the person is saint or scumbag by these aforementioned factors is ludicrous.

If Hispanics heard what GOP thought of them, they would completely exit the party of hate, anger, and no. What does it take to get that Republicans are the worst bigot and racists in the U.S.? Disgusting.

This is today's typical Republican, Moderate and wimpy! Cormyn should remember what his fellow political hacks did to Bork! Why don't you just show your true colors and go over to the other side. You are not a true conservative. I can just imagine what your liberal friends would say if the shoe was on the other foot, in other words, if a Republican candidate had made that racist statement. Why is there such a double standard out there. Finally, the reason we have a Limbaugh or Hannity out there is because you wimps are not doing your jobs. You just blend in with the other political hacks in Washington D.C. Get out in the real world and listen to what people are saying.

This is the head of the Republican Senate Reelection Committee. No more funds for this fool.
Let him join McCain, Graham on the sidelines. If you do not have any principles then you do not deserve any support.
Female Latino or whatever she is not qualified to sit on the court bench. You are just a gutless Republican that will not put the country first over your selfish power.

I'm glad to finally see a Republican not walking in lockstep as they read from the talking points, although for some reason I expect he will apologize to Rush tomorrow. What foolhardy arrogance from some on the right as they try to shoot down Sotomayor. Even if the charge were true, the lily-white Republican party needs to expand their reach, and bashing immigrants was bad enough, but charging Sotomayor with racism because she claimed wise Latinas could judge better than a white man is suicide. If you ask 100 Latina women if they are smarter than a white man, how many would say yes? My guess is 100, which is probably the same number of white women who would claim to be smarter than a white man. I think Republicans have hit a hive of hornets here.

As a retired firefighter I saw no increase from the messiah as working people did. You might say but you would have got the check from social security, after all shouldn't we all be equal, alas firefighters in the messiah's state don't get social security. I was prepared to present my concerns to the white firefighters association but due to political correctness there was no such association and the black firefighters association did not want to here what I had to say. do you think maybe because I'm white. the point is in regards to the latino who chose to side with the city of new haven. she probably followed the intent of the federal law regarding affirmative action but one has to wonder if the tests were written for the actual job description and the black firefighters couldn't even come close to a passing score I suggest you as a tax payer put yourself in this position it's 3:00 am your apartment building is on fire and you are trapped on the 6th floor it's starting to get very hot , hotter than you ever imagined and it hasn't even started to get close to how hot it's going to get. who do you want to make the decisions the guy who scored 95 on the job related test or the guy who scored 30. as a female latino whose life experience has prepared her to make better decisions than say me with 30 years on the job, oh and a white male, she's already shown us her decision.

As a retired firefighter I saw no increase from the messiah as working people did. You might say but you would have got the check from social security, after all shouldn't we all be equal, alas firefighters in the messiah's state don't get social security. I was prepared to present my concerns to the white firefighters association but due to political correctness there was no such association and the black firefighters association did not want to hear what I had to say. do you think maybe because I'm white. the point is in regards to the latino who chose to side with the city of new haven. she probably followed the intent of the federal law regarding affirmative action but one has to wonder if the tests were written for the actual job description and the black firefighters couldn't even come close to a passing score I suggest you as a tax payer put yourself in this position it's 3:00 am your apartment building is on fire and you are trapped on the 6th floor it's starting to get very hot , hotter than you ever imagined and it hasn't even started to get close to how hot it's going to get. who do you want to make the decisions the guy who scored 95 on the job related test or the guy who scored 30. as a female latino whose life experience has prepared her to make better decisions than say me with 30 years on the job, oh and a white male, she's already shown us her decision.

Listen up, you knuckle heads. One comment, within one essay, almost a decade ago does NOT a racist make. This is a made up controversy becasue these loud mouths just want attention and love spewing hate.

John Cornyn is my state Senator and he definately knows about hispanics. He is fair to them, but he is not about to bow down to the likes of John McCain on amnesty. Remember, John McCain told John Cornyn to F himself when Sen. Cornyn didn't approve of McCain's amnesty bill. I happen to agree that it is not right for people who are not politicians in the Republican party get tagged by the media as saying what Republicans in DC say, when that is not true. Gingrich and Limbaugh are entitled to their opinions, the problem is the media reports their comments as what our elected Republicans BELIEVE. I am glad Cornyn spoke out on this. He is NOT a RINO. He is definately a CONSERVATIVE!! He was the Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice and has the most judicial experience on the Judiciary Committee and he will be giving a good look at SotoMayors record, and I believe he will vote NO against her.

I am an American 1st. Not a hyphenated American. I am Conservative. I believe Sotomayor's bigoted remarks disqualify her from the Supreme Court. I find her statements about legislating from the Bench disqualify her from the bench. I find her numerous decisions being overturned by higher courts indicate, she doesn't have a clue about the Constitution of the United States. Her Anti-2nd Amendment mentality being one of them. I would like to know where all the John Cornyns were during the Miguel Estrada hearings. I remember now; He was quiet as the left destroyed Estrada's character in front of the world. John Cornyn has turned into a limp wrist-ed coward, who puts his finger in the air to see where the latest political wind is coming from. It is men like John Cornyn in the GOP that have cost the GOP the last two elections. They are more interested in political expediency, instead of principle and honor.

Thank you Se. Cornyn. It's nice to see a Republican Senator stand up for what is left of the party. Reasonble and smart is something Rush and others of like him obviously don't understand. It is people like you that will help grow your party.

I am a Hispanic and I think that Ms. Sotomayor is a racist person. The law is base in the Constitution of this once great country, we must go back to our principle, and those people that attack us, and only call us names, because in the arena of idea they loose.

someone from montreal - this is none of your business - go wait in line for healthcare and continue to escape to Mexico for a retreat from your socialist gov. Rush Limbaugh speaks for AMERICANS I am not a republican - but I see his wisdom in where this administration is taking us.

When in the hell are Americans going to understand that calling someone a racist does not make it true? You must listen to their words and observe their actions. It should be painfully obvious to anyone breathing that the entire democrat party is based on racism and class warfare. Just observe how they divide the country up in little groups that they wrap their loving arms around.Groups such as Acorn, Gays Lesbians and other sexed people, Illegal Immigrants, NAACP,People for the American Way, ACLU and the list goes on. Most if not all of these groups are funded by you the taxpayer. Check it out. If any of these groups begin to think for themselves and vote accordingly, they will be demonized by the democrat party and thrown overboard. The Republican Party,(hacks) would never do that. They wait until the voters give notice that they will not elect them again and the rino's switch parties. Jeffords,Specter & soon to switch McCain,Graham and possibly Cornyn are on the list.

Very transparent: Cornyn is a rep from Texas, with a very large Latino population. End of story. The usual self-interest over any kind of authenticity. He's eying a presidential run in the future, and setting himself up--that's all it is.

No one is attacking Sotomayor. The way she conducts herself on the bench is being attacked. I am sure she is a wonderful person but doesn't understand the true role of a judge. Why was this not about her role as a judge but somekind of personality contest or something?

More hypocrisy from the right. Alito was a great guy to them, even though he was a proven sexist who tried to keep women out of Princeton. However, somebody takes a comment from Sotomayor out of context and suddenly she is unfit? You wingnut hypocrites disgust me, and you are without honor.

I used to be Ind. until that little tin horn wana be dictator "W" took office. Now I am almost a yellow dog Democrat. John Cornyn. He in one of the best thing that has happened to Texas. JC, stick to your guns. Don't be in the camp of that little carpetbagger "W"

This from my Senator. The same one who was foolish enough to vote for the bankruptcy overhaul AND the first stimulus. Sen. Cornyn has been on the wrong side of many issues. He campaigns as the conservative and then cowers to the liberals. What she said was racist and yet the truth doesn't resonate with Sen. Cornyn. I hope a true conservative will run against him in the 2010 primary.

Cornyn is from Texas he knows his political life will be harder if the attacks on Sotomayor that focus on her being hispanic continue.
Attacking anything and everything is the only thing the GOP now knows what to do..
It is a sad state of affairs that the GOP has sunk thin low.

ja basta!! you all act as if you know the hispanic community. many of us are understanding how the democrats keep us poor. many of us dont care, just give us handouts. but wake up people WE love bussiness = $$$ *democrats for the POOR* i guess they will keep us poor. muchas gracias from edgewood ISD barrio in san antonio tx. where is PALIN? mamacita, muah

Cornyn isn't "standing up" to anyone, as is suggested in several of these posts. He's an elected official in Texas and depends on Hispanic, Latino and Mexican voters. Every part of this nomination screams that it was all about race, and some career politition Republicans will vote to confirm this Judge (who otherwise would have been forced to withdraw as a nominee because of her "white male" comments) soley because of her ethnicity.

We are supposed to believe that ALL latinos are for lawless immigration, unmitigated ass-kissing, and generally tossing the rules aside for them?
Perhaps among the neo-cons and neo-comms there is no comprehension, but some of us out here recognize there are hard working law abiding latinos who are not for open borders, who don't see the world through racial-identity glasses, and who are offended by simpletons like Cornyn.
Colin Powell and Tom Ridge calling themselves staunch Republicans is like Great Warrior Bush calling himself a constitutional conservative. Multi-syllabic words don't necessarily mean the guy is telling the truth.
And Cornyn lapsing into the standard "racist" charge vs. anyone whose opinion he dislikes...welcome to the Democrat Party Playbook, chapter one. The neo-comms welcome you, my son.

As a Proud Texan , I am no longer Proud of this Senator. We will remember who's side he isn't on Next Election , And it isn't Americans or Texans.
Cornyn doesn't speak for us any longer. The quicker his term is up the better, Sadly he was just re-elected . But we are sure that won't be the case Next time/

Well, I'm looking for a new Senator. Bush nominated Miguel Estrada and Alberto Gonzales. Did that help the Republican party in anyway? NO!
Bush and McCain were for total aministy for illegal aliens. Did that help any one of them or the Republican Party? NO!
So what are we waiting for? Let's go after these people hammer & tong.
Democrats are not for the avancement of Blacks and Hispanics. They are for the advancement of LIBERAL Blacks and Hispanics.

"Listen up, you knuckle heads. One comment, within one essay, almost a decade ago does NOT a racist make. This is a made up controversy becasue these loud mouths just want attention and love spewing hate." --Kate in SW Florida

Oh, no. The "victim" gets to say who's a racist. We've had decades to learn that only a black can tell you if a white is an anti-black racist. Only a Jew can tell you if a goy is an anti-Semite. Only a female can say if a man's a misogynist. Only a fruit can know if a normal healthy person is a "homophobe." Victim's prerogative, victim's privilege. We white males are claiming ours now. Unless the bimba latina Sotomayor comes groveling at our feet, begging forgiveness with her tongue in the earth, assuring us that she's not a man-hating, anti-white racist, we show her no mercy. Indeed, even if she does all that, we still show her no mercy. There was nothing Trent Lott could have said or done ever to have earned forgiveness in the eyes of the politically correct. Because once a racist, always a racist, eh? We take you at your word then. We may learn slow, but we learn by example.

Cornyn is no different than 'all' the other Republicans...no backbone, no courage of convictions and no cajones. I keep getting mailings from the GOP to continue to contribute in order for them to mount a campaign to 'stop Obama' or stop 'Sotomayor's nomination', etc...I'm not giving one red cent to the GOP until someone...anyone...steps up and earns my respect and then my $'s...not a dime before!!!!

One Morning he woke up and said oh my I had a dream half my state was mexican , half was black and half was white . His wife said thats three halves and Cornie said I told you I was dreaming didn't I , there is no white half AAAHHH . He said to himself ,maybe Maverick was right , I am a dumb m&^^$#*%#$%@r and a chickenshirt .

It's just amazing to read what passes for thinking anymore. I'm from Texas and on this issue Cornyn is wrong. Somebody has to have the courage to call a spade a spade. That may not be fashionable these days but we need a strong dose of the truth.
The judge DID make a racist remark that if anyone else had said it would cause their name to be withdrawn from consideration.
My question to Liberals is, "Why the double standard?" Are you so committed to the Party line that you can't think for yourselves? have you lost that ability? If we can't depend on Supreme Court Justices to give unbiased decisions then why have the Court in the first place. Obama is wrong, the last place you want anyone to have empathy is on the Supreme Court. This is the court of last resort for a fair shake no matter what your race, economic status, education, or gender.
Perhaps liberals want a partial and biased judge to dispense justice. Good, I hope you get what you ask for and may you be on the receiving end.
We need to start thinking folks. We as a nation are in the hole for over $63 TRILLION dollars because of STUPID people getting elected and the current administration sees no reason not to add more. It's W A Y past time to get serious about the issues facing us and we simply can't afford any more stupidity. So please everyone, WAKE UP and smell the freakin' coffee!!!!!!!!!!

WOW... it's unbelievable the amount of liberal Democratic talking point show up when they disagree with an article that makes so much sense (and thank you Hitman for real reflection). And yes I'd like to join a third party soon, but not the kind that ultra-liberal nut jobs want to join because their Democrat party isn't socialist (1 to 2 steps away from communism) enough.

We seem to be debating too much hatred and more emotional issues than the true test of Judge Sotomayor's capability to set as a member of the Supreme Court. Don't fall for the Democrats way of debate. Use common sense and intelligence. Ask the right questions and see what the answers are when she or her record responds. Otherwise, the GOP and conservative Democrats will be taking the left wing Democrats bait. We'll all be fools to the rest of the world, much worse than we currently are.

Senator Cornyn is among those who feel that, as Republicans, it is perfectly acceptable to sit back and stare aghast as the Marxist left runs over the Consitutional and cultural foundation of this country. Even Pravda has more clarity and wit about this than the Republican Party, proclaiming America's headlong rush to Marxism and laughing in our face. This is unthinkable, undeniable, and unacceptable. Senator Cornyn, you should get out of the way of those who love this country and desire to see it through another century of freedom and liberty.

Senator Cornyn is among those who feel that, as Republicans, it is perfectly acceptable to sit back and stare aghast as the Marxist left runs over the Consitutional and cultural foundation of this country. Even Pravda has more clarity and wit about this than the Republican Party, proclaiming America's headlong rush to Marxism and laughing in our face. This is unthinkable, undeniable, and unacceptable. Senator Cornyn, you should get out of the way of those who love this country and desire to see it through another century of freedom and liberty.

The fact that the GOP were the ones to stand up and cry "racism"...pretty much says who are racists and who aren't.
Posted By: Mia | May 29, 2009 at 01:50 AM
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Mia, by that standard, an like any standard should be applied without nuance, what does this say about Jesse Jackson, Charlie Rangel, Nanci Pelosi, Harry Reid, and every other outspoken Democrat who has cried "race" every time someone says something negative about Obama?

It's always strange to read the hate spewed by the left about anybody that opposes their
"sacred" agenda. They hate hearing the truth about themselves and despite all their pious cries for "free" speech would deny it to those they disagree with, how sad.
If we had an organisation for the "NAAWP" or "The White Race"; we would hear calls of KKK, racist, and worse; but it's okay for Hispanics and Blacks and not racist for them; what a marvelous double standard for the libotards and spewers of hate the republicans.
Sotomayor has shown in her decisions on the bench that:1. SHe isn't all that smart on the law, 60% over turned in the SCOTUS; rules based on race and "feelings" and NOT law and doesn't even write coherent majority opinions at times not to mention not citing revelant case law.
There is NO WAY she is qualified to sit on the Supreme court.

Having watched the Repbulican Party fan the flames of racism in order to win elections in the South for the past 40 years, I am not surpirsed by the Limbaugh/Gingrich tactics. But I guess they don't realize that the "body" tied to the stake in the middle of the flames is the Republican Party. After they complete their act of verbal suicide, should we cheer.....or mourn the loss of our two party system?